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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922.

II. People Who Must

17. Clinton South of Polk

I WANDER down on Clinton street south of Polk

And listen to the voices of Italian children quarreling.

It is a cataract of coloratura

And I could sleep to their musical threats and accusations.